{"id":5968,"date":"2020-01-20T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T07:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2020-01-20T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T07:13:40","slug":"5-steps-to-write-a-book-and-finish-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/5-steps-to-write-a-book-and-finish-it\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Steps to Write a Book and Finish It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\";https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/20191001185936-GettyImages-668207866-crop.jpeg?width=700&amp;crop=2:1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"5 Steps to Write a Book and Finish It\" title=\"5 Steps to Write a Book and Finish It\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> 5 Steps to Write a Book and Finish It<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide offers a road map on how to write a book from beginning to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a ton of reasons why you might consider writing books. It might want to prove your expertise on a given topic or create a funnel for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/category\/business\/\">business<\/a>. You might need a book in order to establish yourself as a public speaker or professor. You might simply have a story that you need to tell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But where do you get started on writing that story? Figuring out how to write a book with a beginning, middle and end can be daunting when all you have is an idea and a blank page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as with anything in life and business, the answer to learning how to write a book is to find a good teacher \u2014 people who have accomplished what you\u2019re trying to do. If you want to know how to write a business book, and you\u2019re trying to work out how to approach the style of your writing, you could try reading Dale Carnegie\u2019s\u00a0<em>How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/em>\u00a0again. If you want to write a memoir, you might check out Phil Knight\u2019s\u00a0<em>Shoe Dog.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/20191001185936-GettyImages-668207866-crop.jpeg?width=700&amp;crop=2:1\" alt=\"5 Steps to Write a Book and Finish It\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But when it comes to the straightforward act of writing books \u2014 actually starting a project and finishing it \u2014 perhaps the best role models are novelists of epic-length fantasy books like Stephen King or J.K. Rowling. These writing pros know how to write books and series that span thousands of pages and over millions of words, and the processes they use can be informative to help you write books of your own. 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